{"id":37473,"date":"2026-07-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=cf8336d1a6fa31b4f1a2519711e30cb0"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:00:00","slug":"battery-industry-veterans-bart-riley-and-bud-collins-join-polyjoule-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=37473","title":{"rendered":"Battery Industry Veterans Bart Riley and Bud Collins Join PolyJoule"},"content":{"rendered":"

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PolyJoule, Inc., a pioneer in conductive polymer batteries, today announced the appointment of Dr. Bart Riley as Chief Strategy Officer and Bud Collins as an advisor to the company. Both individuals bring decades of experience building and scaling successful energy storage businesses.<\/p><\/a><\/a>

\n\u201cPolyJoule's third-generation chemistry has hit a commercial inflection point, and the order book now outruns what we can build,\u201d said Eli Paster, co-founder and CEO of PolyJoule. \u201cExecutives of Bart and Bud's caliber joining at this stage speak volumes about the chemistry and product readiness as the company positions itself to scale up smart and fast.\u201d<\/p>

\nPolyJoule batteries contain patented conductive polymer technology that eliminates thermal runaway risk, is non-toxic, recyclable, and free of rare-earth metals. Their energy storage systems can be installed anywhere, indoors or outdoors, for unmatched safety and peace of mind.<\/p>

\nRiley, co-founder and former CTO of A123 Systems, has spent 25 years guiding battery technologies from breakthrough to commercialization. He has held executive, advisory, and investment roles with over twenty battery technology companies ranging from pre-commercial to publicly traded companies and every stage in between.<\/p>

\n\u201cOver my career, I've seen a lot of battery companies come and go, and the pattern is almost always the same,\u201d said Riley: \u201cGreat concepts undermined by solutions that couldn't scale, supply chains that couldn't deliver, great science that never left the laboratory, manufacturing that couldn't hit volume, and products that didn\u2019t have a true commercial angle.\u201d<\/p>

\nRiley continued, \u201cPolyJoule\u2019s nimble approach to scaling its chemistry, relying on domestic and abundant feedstocks, and leveraging manufacturing partners checks the right boxes. The fact that they have systems operating in the field for over five years puts them on another level in the battery sector. That combination is exceedingly rare, and it's why I wanted to be part of what comes next.\u201d<\/p>

\nCollins, who has formerly served as President of A123 Energy Solutions, CEO of NEC Energy Solutions, and CEO of AESI, has spent his career designing and deploying large-scale battery systems across grid, commercial, and critical power applications.<\/p>

\nHe brings a deep, firsthand understanding of how energy storage systems are designed, built, and deployed, along with an industry-recognized role as a pre-eminent investigator for Li-ion energy storage system failure and fire analysis.<\/p>

\n\u201cBattery systems are designed around two primary requirements: performance and fire-avoidance,\u201d Collins said. \u201cThe industry has learned how to build integrated systems that mitigate fire risk by adding complexity and cost. Managing fire risk is not the same as removing it. PolyJoule\u2019s technology has removed it, dramatically simplifying design and deployment, which is opening new market opportunities.\u201d<\/p>

\nRiley and Collins join PolyJoule as the company scales its self-extinguishing chemistry and expands into commercial, industrial, and residential markets where safety is a requirement, not a feature.<\/p>

\n\u201cThere is no substitute for experience,\u201d said Paster, \u201cBart and Bud have lived every chapter of the modern energy storage story, and we are honored to bring them to the leadership table.\u201d<\/p>

\nAbout PolyJoule: <\/b>PolyJoule is a Boston-based, MIT spinoff pioneering conductive polymer battery technology built from non-metallic, rare-earth-free, domestic supply chains. The company develops ultra-safe, sustainable, long-life energy storage systems. PolyJoule\u2019s polymer battery systems are designed and produced in the U.S. For more information, visit www.polyjoule.com<\/a> and follow PolyJoule on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p> Contacts<\/b>

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